>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Daniel> Meant to copy yo on this, Peter. Adam suggests checking the Daniel> output of lsattr. If you can repeat this, strace output of Daniel> dpkg would be nice too. The root filesystem is reiserfs. lsattr /lib/ld-2.3.2.so s-------c-------- ld-2.3.2.so And this is the relevant part of strace output: ... [pid 1280] utime("/lib/ld-2.3.2.so.dpkg-new", [2003/10/30-10:28:13, 2003/10/27-13:34:17]) = 0 [pid 1280] link("/lib/ld-2.3.2.so", "/lib/ld-2.3.2.so.dpkg-tmp") = 0 [pid 1280] rename("/lib/ld-2.3.2.so.dpkg-new", "/lib/ld-2.3.2.so") = -1 EBUSY ( Device or resource busy) [pid 1280] write(2, "dpkg: error processing libc6_2.3"..., 138dpkg: error proce ssing libc6_2.3.2-9_i386.deb (--install): unable to install new version of `./lib/ld-2.3.2.so': Device or resource busy ) = 138 [pid 1280] lstat64("//lib/ld-2.3.2.so.dpkg-tmp", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=92174, ...}) = 0 [pid 1280] rename("//lib/ld-2.3.2.so.dpkg-tmp", "//lib/ld-2.3.2.so") = 0 [pid 1280] rmdir("//lib/ld-2.3.2.so.dpkg-new") = -1 ENOTDIR (Not a directory) [pid 1280] unlink("//lib/ld-2.3.2.so.dpkg-new") = 0 I note that /lib/ld-2.3.2.so.dpkg-tmp is left behind after the process completes, too. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]